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/*
A Minimal Capture Program
This program opens an audio interface for capture, configures it for
stereo, 16 bit, 44.1kHz, interleaved conventional read/write
access. Then its reads a chunk of random data from it, and exits. It
isn't meant to be a real program.
From on Paul David's tutorial : http://equalarea.com/paul/alsa-audio.html
Fixes rate and buffer problems
sudo apt-get install libasound2-dev
gcc -o alsa-record-example -lasound alsa-record-example.c && ./alsa-record-example hw:0
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <alsa/asoundlib.h>
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
int i;
int err;
char *buffer;
int buffer_frames = 128;
unsigned int rate = 44100;
snd_pcm_t *capture_handle;
snd_pcm_hw_params_t *hw_params;
snd_pcm_format_t format = SND_PCM_FORMAT_S16_LE;
if ((err = snd_pcm_open (&capture_handle, argv[1], SND_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE, 0)) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "cannot open audio device %s (%s)\n",
argv[1],
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
fprintf(stdout, "audio interface opened\n");
if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_malloc (&hw_params)) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "cannot allocate hardware parameter structure (%s)\n",
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
fprintf(stdout, "hw_params allocated\n");
if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_any (capture_handle, hw_params)) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "cannot initialize hardware parameter structure (%s)\n",
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
fprintf(stdout, "hw_params initialized\n");
if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_access (capture_handle, hw_params, SND_PCM_ACCESS_RW_INTERLEAVED)) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "cannot set access type (%s)\n",
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
fprintf(stdout, "hw_params access setted\n");
if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_format (capture_handle, hw_params, format)) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "cannot set sample format (%s)\n",
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
fprintf(stdout, "hw_params format setted\n");
if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_rate_near (capture_handle, hw_params, &rate, 0)) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "cannot set sample rate (%s)\n",
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
fprintf(stdout, "hw_params rate setted\n");
if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params_set_channels (capture_handle, hw_params, 2)) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "cannot set channel count (%s)\n",
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
fprintf(stdout, "hw_params channels setted\n");
if ((err = snd_pcm_hw_params (capture_handle, hw_params)) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "cannot set parameters (%s)\n",
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
fprintf(stdout, "hw_params setted\n");
snd_pcm_hw_params_free (hw_params);
fprintf(stdout, "hw_params freed\n");
if ((err = snd_pcm_prepare (capture_handle)) < 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "cannot prepare audio interface for use (%s)\n",
snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
fprintf(stdout, "audio interface prepared\n");
buffer = malloc(128 * snd_pcm_format_width(format) / 8 * 2);
fprintf(stdout, "buffer allocated\n");
for (i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
if ((err = snd_pcm_readi (capture_handle, buffer, buffer_frames)) != buffer_frames) {
fprintf (stderr, "read from audio interface failed (%s)\n",
err, snd_strerror (err));
exit (1);
}
fprintf(stdout, "read %d done\n", i);
}
free(buffer);
fprintf(stdout, "buffer freed\n");
snd_pcm_close (capture_handle);
fprintf(stdout, "audio interface closed\n");
exit (0);
}
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